Big media doesn’t know racing
June 18, 2008
A number of news outlets today ran an article about Chip Ganassi’s domination of the Indy Car and Grand Am series. The headline: “Ganassi teams dominating 2 open-wheel series“. Wow, since when was Grand Am considered “open wheel racing”? The last time I was blinded by the fugliness[sic] of Grand Am prototypes, they still had “fenders”. Read more
24 Hours of Le Mans - ALMS Fan Blog 1
June 14, 2008
The first three hours of the 24 Hours Of Le Mans are in the books. The big story of the weekend is the Peuguot/Audio battle in LMP1, but the Corvette, and Risi Competizione boys from the American Le Mans Series are also trying to make some history.
We’ve got a primer and some links for the first three hours to catch you up.
Lola’s booming defense business
March 22, 2008
Lola has been a fixture in the international racing scene, building cars for almost every top road-racing series. The company has faced a number of financial challenges over the last decade. To help bolster the company, Lola has used their technological prowess to begin supplying parts to the defense industry, specifically for the Sikorsky S92 helicopter.
Monday Morning Crew Chief
August 27, 2007
Sports Car Racing Pumped By Car Counts
Monday Morning Crew Chief (Friday Edition)
June 22, 2007
The Z06, Corvette C6.R Part of Impala Advantage at Sonoma?
Grand-Am To Honor Victims of Virginia Tech Tragedy at Iowa Speedway and VIR 400
April 21, 2007
DANVILLE, VA.
The Power of Seven
January 30, 2007
The number 7 seams to be rather popular not only in autoracing but through out the world of sports. Take the seven time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens, and the seven time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, seven time Formula one champion Michael Schumacher, seven time Daytona 500 winner Richard Petty (who was the grand marshal for this years race). This weekend two more were added to the list of sevens. Tiger Woods won his seventh straight PGA tournament and more importantly Scott Pruett has now won seven class victories at Daytona. This broke the tie he held with Hurley Haywood and Peter Gregg. That’s pretty elite company in the world of sport car racing.
VIR Sets 2007 Schedule
November 29, 2006
Alton, Va.
Is This Any Way To Run A Racing Series? (Evidently)
September 30, 2006
They came, they raced, they partied at the Petit Le Mans.
Banned From Europe: Creation Prototype On Petit Pole
September 29, 2006
Migrating from Europe, two hybrid prototypes have the speed for Audi at Road Atlanta, but do they have the endurance?